Curried Beef Stew

Ingredients

• 3 medium carrots
• 6 dried puya chiles
• 2 tablespoons ground dried Thai chiles
• 1 cup shallots
• 9 cups beef broth, preferably low-salt
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce, preferably Thai thin soy sauce (such as Healthy Boy)
• 2 pounds trimmed beef chuck
• + 10 more ingredients
• • 1 tablespoon Thai shrimp paste
  • ¼ cup cloves garlic
  • ½ cup shallots
  • 2 tablespoons fresh turmeric
  • 2 tablespoons fresh galangal
  • Thai basil
  • fresh cilantro
  • 6 fresh or frozen kaffir lime leaves
  • 1 lemongrass stalk
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt

In a mortar, pound chiles and salt with a pestle until pulverized, about 5 minutes. Add ingredients one by one in order listed, fully pulverizing each before adding the next, about 15 minutes total. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 week ahead; cover and chill. Combine curry paste, beef, soy sauce, and gro...

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